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jay carney will be doing his press briefing today at 12:30 at the whitehouse. i will be there representing all of you when we come back bill burton from priorities u.s.a. supporting president obama with a new ad out. he will tell us all about it right here and ryan griffin from huffington post all in the next hour. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. good to see you today. it is wednesday june 13th. hello, and welcome. welcome to the full-court press here on current tv where we tackle the big stories of the day and take your calls at 866, 55 press and mitt romney, he is at it again says the federal government has nothing to do with hiring or firing teachers or firefighters but he is only wrong by billions and billions and billions of dollars. once again, well get into that and a lot more on today's full-court press. today's news update. good morning, jacki. >> good morning, jacki. good morning everybody. president obama is having a difficult time convincing independent he has the right plan for the economy moving forward. >> that's a
jay carney will be doing his press briefing today at 12:30 at the whitehouse. i will be there representing all of you when we come back bill burton from priorities u.s.a. supporting president obama with a new ad out. he will tell us all about it right here and ryan griffin from huffington post all in the next hour. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. good to see you today. it is wednesday june 13th. hello, and welcome. welcome to the full-court press here...
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apparently, there was some discord at the whitehouse, too. axelrod, of course, the political advisor for the president got into a fight with the attorney general eric holder that nearly became physical and yelled at him don't ever ever, accuse me of trying to interfere with the operations of the justice department. all right, let's talk to danny kliman, author of kill or capture. also a reporter for "newsweek" daily beast. daniel, great to have you on the program. all right. first off, let's start with the fight between axleelrod and holder. why did that fight take place in the first place. >> it is always some degree of tension between plan of carely the -- particularly the justice department and the white house. the justice department is supposed to stay out of politics. the white house is supposed to support the president's political situation. in this particular case, wid a white house. this is early in the administration, in may of 2009 that was focused like a laser beam trying to get healthcare past and didn't want to be distracted. mea
apparently, there was some discord at the whitehouse, too. axelrod, of course, the political advisor for the president got into a fight with the attorney general eric holder that nearly became physical and yelled at him don't ever ever, accuse me of trying to interfere with the operations of the justice department. all right, let's talk to danny kliman, author of kill or capture. also a reporter for "newsweek" daily beast. daniel, great to have you on the program. all right. first...
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>> i know a lot of people at the whitehouse whitehouse. i don't work there any more. i am going to let them speak for themselves. i will tell you what i think. first of all, i think that probably most people find themselves somewhere in between obama and the media portrayal of occupy. in other words, most people i think, are glad that occupy existed. they think occupy raised all of the right issues but they are not willing to go out and get pepper strayed or sleep in the streets right now and most people, like this president, they are not in love with him. in between obama and occupy is a huge section of americans and those are people, i think, who have the right ideas about the economy. they know that you are going to have to -- that we didn't get into trouble as a country. we dept go bankrupt because we spent too much money on scholarships and helping grandma. we went bankrupt because of two things: bush's wars and bush's tax cuts. if you are concerned about the beaumont, if you are concerned about about, as they claim to be and they want to have a balance budget, n
>> i know a lot of people at the whitehouse whitehouse. i don't work there any more. i am going to let them speak for themselves. i will tell you what i think. first of all, i think that probably most people find themselves somewhere in between obama and the media portrayal of occupy. in other words, most people i think, are glad that occupy existed. they think occupy raised all of the right issues but they are not willing to go out and get pepper strayed or sleep in the streets right now...
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no briefing at the whitehouse today. jay carney will gaggle as they call it, to reporters on board air force one. the big news, supreme court decision led by john roberts yesterday saying no, mitt romney. yes, american people. the affordable care act is constitutional, and it shall stand. >> this is the bill press show. what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> good morning, everybody. happy friday. it is friday june 29th. welcome to the full-court press here on current tv bringing you all of the latest stories and there is one big story we have been covering from every angle and will continue to do so. a supreme court. a big victory for the american people. a big victory for millions of american families who could not afford health insurance before but now thing. that was yesterday's supreme court decision led by chief justice don roberts -- john roberts upholding the affordable ca
no briefing at the whitehouse today. jay carney will gaggle as they call it, to reporters on board air force one. the big news, supreme court decision led by john roberts yesterday saying no, mitt romney. yes, american people. the affordable care act is constitutional, and it shall stand. >> this is the bill press show. what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. [ ♪ theme...
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held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the oval office president obama clarified his remark: >> it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. >> that's the reason i had the press conference. >> now, what was the president saying? i will tell you what he was saying. he was telling the truth for one thing. it is true. compared -- what he was saying is, compared to the public sector, the private sector is doing fine. 44.3 million new jobs in the private sector. 27 months straight of new job garote, positive job growth in the private sector. last month, there were only 69,000 new jobs created but those were jobs created in the private sector. at t
held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the...
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president obama is giving a little -- getting a little late start at the whitehouse. he won't get to the presidential daily briefing until noon. i hope he gets to sleep in a little bit or work out relax a little bit. then he has a private lunch in the private dining room with the crowned prince for abu dabai, mohammad binzayed. he will attend a campaign event at the jefferson hotel at 16th street in washington, d.c. tonight, welcoming members of congress, republicans and democrats to the white house south lawn. is it should be a beautiful night for the annual congressional picnic. jay carney back in the briefing schedule today will have a briefing today at 12:30. i will be there rep 'senting all of you. joe williams coming up next. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> hey, good morning, everybody. it's wednesday june 27th. good to see you today. welcome to the full-court press. your new morning show on current tv, the online progressive morning show anywhere on cable t.v. in this entire country. we have a lot to talk about this morning, very exci
president obama is giving a little -- getting a little late start at the whitehouse. he won't get to the presidential daily briefing until noon. i hope he gets to sleep in a little bit or work out relax a little bit. then he has a private lunch in the private dining room with the crowned prince for abu dabai, mohammad binzayed. he will attend a campaign event at the jefferson hotel at 16th street in washington, d.c. tonight, welcoming members of congress, republicans and democrats to the white...
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>> i was in a briefing about a week or so ago at the whitehouse where they sort of generally said they thought a lot of the bill would survive without the mandate. the question is: what happens to states that have already started to put some of these practices into place? what is amazing is that the republicans are attacking the mandate, first of all, because it's their idea. this is their idea. healthcare reform 10 years ago was a mandate. >> a cost containment measure. >> they are for it before obama was for it. >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> lost their idea. and said we better come up with something else. >> it was sold by the insurance companibs companies and the heritage foundation as a cost containment measure. >> this is the cost that con conservative movement has and if you wanted to control costs which everybody recognizes you have to control healthcare cost if you have any hope of controlling the budget, this is one of the ways to do that. >> your maintainer point is that they say that the substance of the law survives even without the individual mandate? >> yeah. i think the num
>> i was in a briefing about a week or so ago at the whitehouse where they sort of generally said they thought a lot of the bill would survive without the mandate. the question is: what happens to states that have already started to put some of these practices into place? what is amazing is that the republicans are attacking the mandate, first of all, because it's their idea. this is their idea. healthcare reform 10 years ago was a mandate. >> a cost containment measure. >>...
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. >> bill, a marriage proposal at the whitehouse. friday's lgbt pride month reception, a trans gendered man dropped on one knee and asked his partner to marry him pities. scout is his name legally goes by one name. he had planned for almost a year to pop the question to lynn lynn margolie. the marriage will be a legal heterosexual marriage since scout is legally recognized as a male. in the east room. >> i don't know, man. >> that's a busy day at the whitehouse on friday. right? >> the president had time to head out for will you know in d c. this time with people who had entered another one of those contests for a chance to have lunch. they went to link-in restaurant. >> yeah. >> the hitll he ate an all-natural burger with which he hadder cheese, kale salad. >> it's healthier, small plates. >> sweet tea. >> sweet tea. >> that's not health. >> that's not health. >> the international olympic committee has opened an investigation into ticket sales for the london games after the sunday times newspaper reported tracts showing up on the bl
. >> bill, a marriage proposal at the whitehouse. friday's lgbt pride month reception, a trans gendered man dropped on one knee and asked his partner to marry him pities. scout is his name legally goes by one name. he had planned for almost a year to pop the question to lynn lynn margolie. the marriage will be a legal heterosexual marriage since scout is legally recognized as a male. in the east room. >> i don't know, man. >> that's a busy day at the whitehouse on friday....
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you know, i thought it was actually really cool the way in which jay carney did that yesterday at the whitehouse press briefing, jay carney up of course white house spokesperson when he had henry from fox news was badgering again and again about this atf, about fast and furious, you know, saying where are the documents? where are the documents? when is eric holder going to cooperate? badge badgering jay carney and, you know basically carney called him out. he goes, you know, well, as you would know because with your channel, that is to spend enormous times focused on this you would know better than anyone else how cooperative, in fact the attorney general, eric holder has been. it's the moments of accountability, the same kind of thing you are talking about doing that i would love to see more of. you know, i think that whether it is in a white house press briefing or when progressives go on fox news, you know, being willing to talk about their coverage and hold them accountable for it and to, you know, keep in mind, say, sure let's have a conversation. i will go on your show, but if i do, we are
you know, i thought it was actually really cool the way in which jay carney did that yesterday at the whitehouse press briefing, jay carney up of course white house spokesperson when he had henry from fox news was badgering again and again about this atf, about fast and furious, you know, saying where are the documents? where are the documents? when is eric holder going to cooperate? badge badgering jay carney and, you know basically carney called him out. he goes, you know, well, as you would...
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i want to tell you, also, about a good time at the whitehouse yesterday. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ we're the idea nobody wants to hear. until the truth reveals itself. and there's only one place you'll find us. on the next gavin newsom show: google's sergey brin and anne wojcicki give gavin a hands on look at google's glasses. >>that's facinating. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> listen and watch the bill press show on your favorite radio station and now on current tv. this is the bill press show. welcome to the pin room. >> hey, 11 minutes before the top. hour. happy friday june 1st. pardon me while i take -- >> that full of energy drink. >> i take another sip from my bubba keg this morning here i didn't, indeed, we will tell you about the big unveiling at the whitehouse yesterday but first, jumping into the spin room mitt romney goes all the way up to california yesterday to stand in front of the abandoned solendra plant, the abandoned manufacturers who got a clone from the stimulus, from the energy department and they went belly up when china undercut the price of solar panels. p
i want to tell you, also, about a good time at the whitehouse yesterday. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ we're the idea nobody wants to hear. until the truth reveals itself. and there's only one place you'll find us. on the next gavin newsom show: google's sergey brin and anne wojcicki give gavin a hands on look at google's glasses. >>that's facinating. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> listen and watch the bill press show on your favorite radio station and now on current tv....
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and at 12:30 this afternoon, jay carney will have this briefing at the whitehouse. we will be there. we will tell you all about it tomorrow. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] hey, hello everybody. it is monday june 4th. good to see you today. hope you had a great weekend, ready to tackle the beginning of the week here and the gig stories this monday. >> that's what we do on the full-court press, your new morning show on current tv bringing you the story, the big stories of the day and take your calls at 866-55866-55 press. are you thirsty for a nice, big, cool soft drink? don't go to new york city. mayor bloomberg said he is going to ban the sale of soft drinks over 16 ounces. what i want to know is: what the difference between buying one 32 ounce drink which you can't, or two 16-ounce drinks, which you can. i can't i don't get it. we will talk about that and more here in this next hour together. first, we go out to los angeles, say hello to jacki schechner today's currents news update. hello, jacki. >> hello, bill. good morning everyone. if th
and at 12:30 this afternoon, jay carney will have this briefing at the whitehouse. we will be there. we will tell you all about it tomorrow. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] hey, hello everybody. it is monday june 4th. good to see you today. hope you had a great weekend, ready to tackle the beginning of the week here and the gig stories this monday. >> that's what we do on the full-court press, your new morning show on current tv bringing you the story, the...